Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in New York, NY
New York is not the first place most engineers picture for chip design, but the tri-state area has a real cluster. It starts with IBM Research at the Thomas J. Watson Center in Yorktown Heights, extends to Samsung's US chip operations in Parsippany, New Jersey, and now takes in a growing set of AI and photonic startups that picked the city for its talent pool and its proximity to venture money.
The work splits a few ways. IBM Research does long-horizon chip design and device physics. Samsung and Micron's New Jersey offices cover memory and semiconductor engineering. The startup side, several of them spun out of Columbia and MIT labs, is building AI accelerators and photonic computing hardware rather than mainstream SoCs.
SemiDesignJobs lists roles across the metro area, from Manhattan and Brooklyn out to Westchester, Long Island, and northern New Jersey, and you can filter by company, specialty, and commute zone. If you are weighing the wider Northeast, Boston semiconductor jobs make an easy comparison, and remote and hybrid roles widen the search if you are not tied to a desk in the city.
The talent pipeline is strong. Columbia, NYU, Cornell Tech, and CUNY all feed local teams, and public money is pushing the region hard. Micron has pegged a new fab campus near Syracuse at up to $100 billion over two decades, and New York's CHIPS Act incentives and its SMART I-Corridor program are pulling more design work upstate and into the metro than the region has seen in years.
Pay tracks the cost of living, which is to say it is high. Senior ASIC design engineers in the New York metro generally land between $150,000 and $250,000 in total compensation. IBM Research roles often expect a PhD and can sit a little below the top of that band, but the research environment is the reason people take them. Our semiconductor salary guide breaks the ranges down by role and level.
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FAQ
What semiconductor design companies are based in New York?
IBM Research at the Watson Center in Yorktown Heights is the anchor employer for chip design and research in the metro area. Samsung runs operations in Parsippany, New Jersey, and Micron and NXP keep New Jersey offices. On the startup side, AI and photonic chip companies, several tied to Columbia University, are active in the city itself.
Is New York actually a growing semiconductor hub?
It is. CHIPS Act funding, the state's SMART I-Corridor initiative, and Micron's planned fab campus near Syracuse are all pulling investment into the region. Add the local research universities and the AI startup scene, and the number of semiconductor design roles around New York has been climbing rather than holding flat.
What do semiconductor design engineer jobs in New York pay?
Salaries are competitive with Silicon Valley because the cost of living demands it. Senior ASIC design engineers in the metro area typically earn $150,000 to $250,000 in total compensation. IBM Research positions, which often require a PhD, can sit a little lower on base but offer a research environment that is hard to match elsewhere.